Role for polymerase chain reaction tests in non-HIV immunocompromised patients with cytomegalovirus genital ulcers: A report of three cases

J Dermatol. 2020 Apr;47(4):e103-e104. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.15160. Epub 2019 Dec 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Coinfection / diagnosis*
  • Coinfection / drug therapy
  • Coinfection / immunology
  • Coinfection / virology
  • Cytomegalovirus / genetics
  • Cytomegalovirus / immunology
  • Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / immunology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Genitalia, Female / pathology
  • Genitalia, Female / virology
  • Genitalia, Male / pathology
  • Genitalia, Male / virology
  • Herpes Genitalis / diagnosis*
  • Herpes Genitalis / drug therapy
  • Herpes Genitalis / immunology
  • Herpes Genitalis / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Simplexvirus / genetics
  • Simplexvirus / immunology
  • Simplexvirus / isolation & purification
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin / virology
  • Skin Ulcer / diagnosis*
  • Skin Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Skin Ulcer / immunology
  • Skin Ulcer / virology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • DNA, Viral